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Ford to bring in ‘global’ vehicles to India
Article by Ayan Sengupta
Ford India proposes to roll out innovative vehicles, built on universal platforms, with advanced degree of localization to augment its market share by two folds by the completion of the decade.
At the present time, vehicles delivered with the oval badge made up around 3.5 per cent of total automobile sale facts in the nation during the past year (2012).
While talking to media persons, Mr. Joginder Singh, the company’s president and MD stated that the US parent firm’s $2 billion assurance in the Indian market was targeted at tapping the vast prospective and the domestic division was stepping up to drive in the direction of the objective.
Mr. Joginder Singh said, “The firm will concentrate [...]
9 and 10 Speed Transmission to be Churned into Reality by Joint Forces of Ford and GM
Article by Hamza Ansari
As the days passes by, most of our dreams are being turned into reality, all thanks to technological development, and auto industry seems not to be an exception with the advancements, so joint forces of Ford and GM had released a press release which says ‘duos will churn out 9 and 10 speed transmission into reality soon’.
According to the release, new transmission meant to be engulfed with front and rear wheel drive variants; trucks, SUVs, crossovers and cars remain its main course of application. Such refinement is claimed to deliver better fuel efficiency and enhance performance of the car, which nowadays is a tempting demand of car buyers due to steeply highly rising fuel prices.
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Ford Confirms Compact Pickup for US
Article by Hamza Ansari
Ford Ranger had gotten off the track in 2012 and a latter version of it was bigger and expensive to fit in the size of compact truck, but no to disappointment, in spite of shrinking market belt for such category, since last year, Ford now had revealed to introduce a compact pickup for US market soon.
The same piece of news was churning in rumor mill for quite a long time and now final words came from the mouth of carmaker itself. Speaking with some of the industry experts and handful media journalists, product marketing manager of Ford’s truck program said, the organization is working on a redesigned true compact truck and will come with a better result from the F-150 in terms of price, fuel [...]
Is the Ram Challenging Ford F-150 SVT Raptor?
Article by Hamza Ansari
As per to an interview of a Ram official given to Wards Auto, it inclines minute lines of planning competitor to Ford-150 SVT Raptor.
In the actual, official named Pat Dougherty who is a Mopar’s vice president of sales and field operations said, “My boss would really like us to try to do a little more research on the Raptor and how it does.”
He also confirmed that, yet there are no plans for productions, but if found a suitable tweak then no waiting period meant to be scorching in its pipeline. He also added, “If we could see that the volume was significant enough that it makes sense to do it, we’ll do it.”
Naming to some of the refinements that was experimented, Dougherty [...]
2015 Ford Mustang clay models leaked on the web
Article by Ayan Sengupta
The sixth-generation iconic muscle car 2015 Ford Mustang is going to be the most anticipated car for that year.
One site has sourced out a handful of pictures that allegedly depict clay models of the 2015 Ford Mustang, presumed are being shaped at the Ford Motor Company’s studio (NYSE:F) somewhere.
Though the clay models are not complete as of yet, but you do get hints towards the style of the new Mustang, that’s if they are not depicting the new Mustang.
The photo, in particular, shows what looks like sketches on the new model era, clearly influenced by the Ford Evos Concept of 2011. As per a previous report, the Evos is expected to influence the new Mustang.
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